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Age of Exploration: Review

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is NOT a main motivation of exploration?

a)

Finding money through trade and gold.

b)

Converting "heathen" souls to Christianity and driving out Muslims.

c)

Earning fame and glory through exploring the unknown and doing the impossible.

d)

Establishing military bases in all parts of the globe.

2.

Triangular trade & the Middle Passage are both terms that directly apply to which region?

a)

East Asia

b)

North America

c)

Africa

d)

Southeast Asia

3.
What were the 3 Gs of motivation of explorers?
a)
God, gold, & glory
b)
Greatness, Goods, &  Gains
c)
Geography, God, & Glory
d)
Glory, Gratis, & Godless
4.
This explorer discovered a new continent but thought he had landed in India, so he named the natives "Indians"
a)
Francisco Pizarro
b)
Henry the Navigator
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Christopher Columbus
5.
The trading of plants along the Columbian Exchange caused
a)
The "old world" population to increase due to more food being available.
b)
An increase in variety of food available in both the "old world" and "new world."
c)
Slave trade to increase because cash crops were in high demand and natives slaves were killed by diseases.
d)
All answers are correct.
6.
The "Old World " was considered to be the continents of...
a)
Europe, Africa, and Asia
b)
North and South America
c)
Australia and Canada
d)
Asia and North America
7.

Which factor led to the most significant decline in the population of the Native Americans.

a)

Disease

b)

Forces Labor

c)

Lack of food

d)

Civil War

8.
The system of taking land and forcing the natives into labor in exchange for "civilizing" and conversions to Christianity is
a)
Conversion system
b)
Organisation Todt System
c)
Encomienda System
d)
Economic Support 
9.
The main goal of the European explorers can be summed up in their desire to
a)
Acquire wealth and power
b)
Acquire land for plantations 
c)
Create military powerhouses
d)
Claim land for the king
10.
Which of the following is a false statement about the Columbian Exchange?
a)
The Atlantic slave trade increased.
b)
Diseases were spread and killed native populations.
c)
Food supplies decreased causing the people in the "old world" and "new world" to starve.
d)
Foreign plants and animals spread disease faster.
11.
True or False: European explorers did not bring back anything valuable from the New World.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Which was NOT a result of the Columbian Exchange?
a)
Slavery finally ended in the New World after the Columbian Exchange
b)
80% of the Native American population perished due to European disease
c)
Exchanging of new foods and crops between the Old and New worlds
d)
Spread of religion to the natives, especially Christianity
13.
Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:
a)
to entrust
b)
to connect
c)
court
d)
conquerors
14.
Two things that conquistadors had that the Native Americans did not: horses and _______
a)
families
b)
gold
c)
guns
d)
land
15.
The Spanish term meaning "to entrust" that gave colonists the right over Native Americans.
a)
conquistadors
b)
entrusta
c)
conversion
d)
encomienda
16.
What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?
a)
To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
b)
To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
c)
To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
d)
To find the city of gold in southern Africa
17.
European countries wanted to find a faster route to...?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
The north pole
d)
California
18.
A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.
a)
racism
b)
colony
c)
mercantalism
d)
ethnocentric
19.
A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.
a)
epidemic
b)
encomienda
c)
missionary
d)
imperialism
20.
Capturing or taking something by force.
a)
conquest
b)
global
c)
columbian exchange
d)
epidemic
21.
How did many Native Americans die during the Exploration?
a)
They died from war.
b)
The conquistadors starved them
c)
Smallpox and other diseases
d)
Drowning in ships
22.
_ controlled the Native Americans for labor.
a)
Monarchs
b)
Explorers
c)
Missionaries
d)
Conquistadors
23.
Why did the encomienda system fade away.
a)
It was too expensive for explorers
b)
Native Americans died from hard work and diseases
c)
Missionaries thought that it was a sin
d)
The Native Americans fought back against Spain
24.

The inhumane voyage of slaves across the Atlantic ocean was called the

a)

End of Days

b)

Middle Passage

c)

Final Destination

d)

End of Freedom

25.

What is the Columbian Exhange?

a)

Exchange of ideas between America and Europe

b)

Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

c)

Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

d)

Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal

26.

What is the name of the voyage West Coast African slaves took to the Americas?

a)

The Middle Passage

b)

The Long Journey

c)

The Long Passage

d)

The Middle Journey

27.

The African Slave Trade devastated West African cities economically and politically.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

The New World Is the ______________(s)

a)

The Americas

b)

The world after WWII

c)

Europe, Asia, Africa.

d)

The best song in the movie Aladdin.

29.

What did Bartolomé de las Casas attempt to do?

a)

end the harsh treatment of American Indians by the Spanish

b)

bring more Spanish nobles and monarchs to live in the Americas

c)

bring American Indians to Spain

d)

increase the size of Spanish plantations in the Americas

30.
During the Age of Exploration, many explorers were tasked with exposing and converting people they encountered to Christianity.  These explorers were known as _________________.
a)
Catholics
b)
Protestants
c)
Ottomans
d)
Missionaries 
31.
An EPIDEMIC is a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease within a community that takes place at the same time.  A ________________________ is when the same infectious disease is widespread throughout an entire nation, or the world.
a)
PANDEMIC
b)
ENDEMIC
c)
REGIONAL
d)
CLINICAL
32.
the concept of forced labor initiated by Spain is
a)
circumnavigation
b)
encomienda system
c)
mulattos
d)
bullion
33.
person of native/European decent
a)
creole
b)
mestizo
c)
mulatto
d)
peninsulare
34.

Triangular trade & the Middle Passage are both terms that directly apply to which region?

a)

East Asia

b)

North America

c)

Africa

d)

Southeast Asia

35.

Who gained the MOST from exploration?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

e)

Southeast Asia

36.
What is the Middle Passage?
a)
Water Route Through North America
b)
European slave trade with India
c)
European Slave trade with North America
d)
European slave trade with the Americas
37.
When slaves were loaded onto boats to be taken and sold, this part of the triangular trade route was called what?
a)
the American Passage
b)
the Middle Passage
c)
the Lower Passage
d)
the African Passage
38.

The middle passage was apart of what trading system

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

African Trade

c)

Square Trade

d)

Gold Mine Trade

39.

What happen to the slaves when they got to the markets?

a)

Traded or sold for goods

b)

Beaten

c)

Chained and Whipped

d)

Packed on ships

40.

The triangular Trade is best described as which of the following?

a)

Trade routes between African, Europe and the Americans during the Atlantic Slave trade.

b)

Trade routes over the silk route

c)

Trade routes between the new world and old world

d)

Trade routes that encompass the entire globe.

41.

Ships left Europe loaded with....

a)

Slaves

b)

Raw Goods

c)

Manufactured goods

d)

Tools

42.

Which of the following is NOT true about the Middle Passage.

a)

It was from Africa to the Americas

b)

The Journey took 5-12 weeks

c)

Disgusting conditions

d)

The individuals were given plenty of room and food.

43.

Captains took fewer slaves in hope to reduce sickness and death....this is called...

a)

Loose packing

b)

Tight packing

c)

Wrap packing

44.

Captains carried as many slaves as their ship could hold-> many died on voyage.

a)

Loose packing

b)

tight packing

45.

What happened when the ships arrived in the New World?

a)

Slaves were sold and then manufactured goods were bought.

b)

Slaves were sold at an auction and then they bought raw materials.

c)

The raw materials were traded for Slaves.

d)

Cotton, sugar, spices, rum and tobacco were bought.

46.

a large farm in the Southern colonies with enslaved people from Africa that grew tobacco, rice, and/or indigo.

a)

plantation

b)

staple crop

c)

Middle Passage

d)

immigrant

47.

The triangle trade was across the ______ ocean.

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

48.
England produced manufactured goods and the colonies produced rum which would be traded to Africa for what?
a)
slaves
b)
rice
c)
sugar
d)
tobacco
49.
Success of southern plantations depended upon who?
a)
indentured servants
b)
artisans
c)
slaves
d)
craftsmen
50.

What did the Spanish claim as the purpose of the Encomienda system?

a)

To make Spanish kings and lords more wealthy and powerful

b)

To protect and care for the indigenous people, bringing them the advanced culture of Spain and the One True Faith

c)

To establish a global colonial empire for Spain

d)

To become the most wealthy and powerful nation in Europe.

51.

What caused the Encomienda system to decline? (select all that apply)

a)

The death of many native workers due to disease, malnourishment, overwork, and abuse.

b)

The population shift in the New World from an indigenous to a mestizo majority, who could not legally be forced to work in the system.

c)

The increasing restrictions on abusing the natives from new laws, which made the system unsustainable.

d)

The growing concern of many Spanish Encomenderos for the poor conditions faced by native workers.

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